This paper discusses the influence of aerodynamic drag torque on the dynamics of a satellite in a very low altitude orbit. The larger atmospheric density in low altitude earth orbits results in significant aerodynamic drag torques acting on the satellite. With a conventional satellite design this may result in instability. This paper shows how the instability can be avoided, and how the aerodyn...

this paper presents the design and simulation of a typical ka band satellite beacon receiver for propagation experimentation. using satellite beacon signal as a reference signal in satellite wave propagation study, is one of the most important methods. satellite beacons are frequently available for pointing large antennas, but such signals can be used for measuring the effect of natural phenome...

In order to address low power, low processing delay requirement of emerging satellite communication systems, there is a need for low complexity small block length forward error correction (FEC) codes. Furthermore the new trends towards the convergence of wireless and satellite terminals would also mean co-existence of support for very short and the long blocks of data in the same device. In thi...

Different from terrestrial networks, satellite network topology is time-varying. Moreover, satellite networks communication resources are scare and expensive. So it is important to research on the fault management for satellite networks to insure it work safely and smoothly. However, the traditional fault management method for terrestrial networks is difficult to use for satellite networks. In ...

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks will play an important role in the evolving information infrastructure. Satellites in the low earth orbits provide communication with shorter end-to-end delays and efficient frequency usage. However, some problems need to be solved before LEO satellite systems can be successfully deployed. One of these problems is the handover management. The objective o...

The damages and logical failures in dierent parts of a satellite may occur during a solar event, when a bulk of solar energetic particles approaching the Earth. During solar events, these particles may cause extensive damages which are even permanent (hard errors). A way of damage reduction is designing a proper coating as the fuselage. As protons are the major component of solar particles and ...

This paper describes the essential segments of a satellite based communication and asset management system. The Low Earth Orbit satellite used for such a system is the ORBCOMM low earth orbit (LEO) constellation. The architecture and network structure of the satellite system is described. The satellites themselves are very small and are launched using the Pegasus launch vehicle. This makes the ...

The standardization of a Return Channel via Satellite and the satellite community efforts in term of interoperability over the last few years stands for major milestones in the development of reliable, efficient and low cost satellite equipments. It leads to quite a positive outcome: geostationary satellite networks are expected to play a decisive role in bridging the existing digital divide th...

Communication via satellite begins when the satellite is positioned in the desired orbital position. Ground stations can communicate with LEO (Low Earth Orbiting) satellites only when the satellite is in their visibility region. The duration of the visibility and so the communication duration varies for each satellite pass at the ground station, specifically for LEO satellites which do move too...